We, the Okanagan Nation make this declaration today as a sign for every generation to come, Therefore we herby declare that:
We are the unconquered aboriginal peoples of this land our mother; The creator has given us our mother, to enjoy, to manage and to protect; We the first inhabitants, have lived with our mother from time immemorial; Our Okanagan Governments have allowed us to share equally in the resources of our mother; We have never given up our rights to our mother, our mother's resources, our governments, our religion; We will survive and continue to govern our mother and her resources for the good of all for all time.
Since time immemorial, the history of the Okanagan began, long before the arrival of the Europeans. We are the Syilx-speaking people – the original inhabitants of a vast and beautiful territory that encompasses forests, grasslands, lakes and desert. For thousands of years, the Okanagan people were self-reliant and well provided for through their own ingenuity and use of the land and nature. We lived united as a nation with a whole economy, travelling the breadth and depth of our territory, hunting and fishing, growing and harvesting, crafting and trading to meet our needs.
- 2013 Spirit of the Syilx Youth Unity Run
The 5th Annual Spirit of the Syilx Youth Unity Run will be taking place from Revelstoke south through Vernon to Westbank, BC.
More information to come.
For more information, please contact:
Dominique Alexis
Events Planner
T: (250) 707-0095
… - Natural Resource Committee Meetings
These meetings take place on the last Friday of every month at the Carrington Boardroom.
For more information, please contact:
James Pepper, Natural Resource Manager
T: (250) 707-0095
- ONA Wellness Commitee Child & Family
Contact Cheryl Stump for more information.
T: (250) 707-0095
- View ONA Events Calendar
- GROUNDBREAKING SET FOR SOCKEYE SALMON HATCHERY
The Syilx people are celebrating by having a public ground breaking ceremony for the sockeye salmon hatchery May 16, 2013 at 10:30 am on Green Mountain Road in Penticton, BC.
This ground breaking ceremony symbolizes another pivotal milestone for the…
- LIBERALS CONTINUE TO SPREAD MISINFORMATION ABOUT ITS BROKEN ABORIGINAL POLICY
April 29, 2013
Okanagan Territory/Westbank, British Columbia: The Okanagan Nation Alliance is releasing correspondence between the ONA, the Province of British Columbia, and Canada which provides further evidence of the Clark Government spreading misinformation about its decision to sign an…
- CLARK GOVERNMENT MISLEADS PUBLIC FOR POLITICAL GAIN
April 23, 2013
Okanagan Territory/Westbank, British Columbia: The Okanagan Nation Alliance is outraged by misleading statements made yesterday by Ida Chong, former Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, and is demanding that she immediately correct the misinformation. Speaking about a controversy…
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